proceed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proceed	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for proceed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proceed v continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" Synonym(s): continue, go on, carry on, proceed move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" Synonym(s): proceed, go forward, continue follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" Synonym(s): go, proceed, move follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" Synonym(s): proceed, go continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" Synonym(s): continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep Antonym(s): discontinue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proceed \Pro"ceed\, n. See {Proceeds}. [Obs.] --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proceed \Proceed"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Proceeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proceeding}.] [F. proc[82]der. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See {Cede}.] 1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed* on a journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. --Shak. 2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument. 3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. I proceeded forth and came from God. --John viii. 42. It proceeds from policy, not love. --Shak. 4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design. He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. --Locke. 5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.] He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. --Shak. 6. To have application or effect; to operate. This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. --Ayliffe. 7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process. Syn: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.